2005 in chess
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- January 2 – Arnold DenkerArnold DenkerArnold Sheldon Denker was an American chess player, Grandmaster, and chess author. He was U.S. Chess Champion in 1945 and 1946....
(1914–2005), 90, American Grandmaster. - January 3 - Laszlo VadaszLaszlo VadaszLászló Vadász was a Hungarian chess Grandmaster.- External links :*...
(1948–2005), 56, Hungarian Grandmaster. - March 14 – Simon Webb (1949–2005), 55, British International Master, International Correspondence Chess GrandmasterInternational Correspondence Chess GrandmasterInternational Correspondence Chess Grandmaster is a title created by the FIDE in 1953, second only to that of world correspondence champion. Now awarded by the International Correspondence Chess Federation.-American ICCGMs:* Hans Jack Berliner, GM 1968...
, and chess writer. - April 9 – Dragoljub MinićDragoljub MinicDragoljub Minić was a Yugoslav Grandmaster of chess....
(1937–2005), 68, Yugoslavian/Croation Grandmaster. - April 22 – Leonid ShamkovichLeonid ShamkovichLeonid Aleksandrovich Shamkovich was a chess Grandmaster, and chess writer.He was born in a Jewish family in Rostov-on-Don in Russia...
(1923–2005), 81, Russian/American Grandmaster. - June 1 – Vladimir SavonVladimir SavonVladimir Andreyevich Savon was a Ukrainian chess player.He learned how to play late, at the age of 13....
(1940–2005), 64, Soviet/Ukrainian Grandmaster, USSR ChampionUSSR Chess ChampionshipThis is a list of all the winners of the USSR Chess Championship. It was the strongest national chess championship ever held, with eight world chess champions and four world championship finalists among its winners...
1971. - November 3 – Hrvoje BartolovićHrvoje BartolovicHrvoje Bartolović , was a Croatian chess problemist.Croatian Grandmaster of chess composition Hrvoje Bartolović was considered to be the best Croatian chess problemist, with the possible exception of Nenad Petrović. Since 1948, he has published more than 800 problems...
(1932–2005), 73, Croatian Grandmaster of Chess Composition and International Judge of Chess CompositionsInternational Judge of Chess CompositionsInternational Judge of Chess Compositions is a title award by FIDE via the Permanent Commission of the FIDE for Chess Compositions to individuals who have judged several chess problem or study tournaments and who are considered capable of judging such awards at the highest level.The title was...
. - November 12 - Dragutin SahovicDragutin SahovićDragutin Sahović was a chess Grandmaster.He tied for first place in the 1977 Lone Pine International tournament.-External links:...
(1940–2005), 65, Serbian Grandmaster. - November 17 – Igor Vasilyevich IvanovIgor Vasilyevich IvanovIgor Vasilyevich Ivanov was a Russian Grandmaster of chess and a concert pianist.- Early life :He was born in 1947 in Leningrad, USSR, and learned chess at age five. He studied music intensively as a youth, specializing in piano, and was very talented...
(1947–2005), 58, Russian/Canadian Grandmaster. - December 15 – Enrico PaoliEnrico PaoliEnrico Paoli , was an Italian chess master.He was born in Trieste, Italy, and learned chess when he was nine years old. He won his last Italian Championship at age 60, and organized the famous Reggio Emilia chess tournament...
(1908–2005), 97, Italian Grandmaster, established the Reggio Emilia chess tournamentReggio Emilia chess tournamentThe Reggio Emilia chess tournament is a chess tournament played in Reggio Emilia, Italy. In Italian the tournament is called Torneo di Capodanno , as it starts just after Christmas and ends on the day of Epiphany...
. - December – Bela BergerBela BergerBéla Berger was a Hungarian-Australian chess master.He took 5th in the Hungarian Championship at Budapest 1953...
(1931–2005), 74, Hungary/Australia.